Homeowners in Oakland, San Francisco and San Leandro are eligible to apply for up to $3,000 to help seismically strengthen their homes.

The California Residential Mitigation Program’s Earthquake Brace + Bolt program is targeted toward pre-1979 homes that aren’t bolted to their foundations, are built atop a crawl space and have unbraced walls surrounding that crawl space.

The retrofits include bolting the house to its foundation and adding bracing around the perimeter of the crawl space.

The $3,000 grants will be awarded to as many as 575 qualifying homeowners to offset the cost of seismic retrofitting, which can cost up to $10,000. Homeowners can apply for the program through Feb. 15 by going to www.EarthquakeBraceBolt.com.

The eligible cities were selected because they have many older homes and their building codes include a Standard Plan Set for residential seismic retrofitting.